troika

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Recent Examples of troika European leaders had tried to guide Trump in the days before Zelenskyy arrived, but Trump is wedded to his demented dream of a troika of strongmen — himself, Putin and Xi Jinping — astride the world. Maureen Dowd, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, the troika of Freeland, Graebner and Ehrlich didn’t last long: Deadline understands that Ehrlich left after overseeing The Golden Bachelor, which culminated with its wedding episode in January 2024. Peter White, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025 For instance, instead of being forced to compromise the way co-CEOs often are, two members of a troika can just outvote a third. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024 However, the troika found little room among the airtight long-term contracts most teams and leagues carried. Matt Craig, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for troika
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Noun
  • Two chariots, each pulled by a team of horses and accompanied by 20 additional steeds, spun Phoenix around upon their arrival in 1948.
    Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
  • Capella is supposed to mark the position where the mama goat is sitting on the chariot driver’s shoulder, and that’s why it’s known as the goat star.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • Hall was a longtime boys basketball coach at Golden West High School in Visalia, the Visalia Times Delta reported.
    David Chiu, People.com, 15 July 2025
  • Rachel Weissman, executive coach and keynote speaker, helps Fortune 500 and startups master strategic communication and leadership presence.
    Rachel Weissman, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • Missouri Town’s many structures were selected to provide a comprehensive view of the time period and include homes, businesses, a church, livery stable, school, tavern/inn, stagecoach stop, outhouse and smokehouse.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
  • At Mullins’ request, Shaw-Rimmington came down from Canada to build a dry stone stagecoach house.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The small, two-seat roadster had been transformed into an off-road vehicle, lifted high off the ground with oversized tires.
    Dominick Williams July 13, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2025
  • The roadster’s purely internal-combustion power train features a 740 hp 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8—producing 590 ft lbs of torque—paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The royal couple was transported to the senate in the grandest of royal ways: in a landau carriage escorted by a troupe from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Musical Ride in their bright red tunics.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • It's also understood that King Charles, 75, will attend Trooping the Colour amid his own cancer treatment, and conduct the review while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
Noun
  • Dyer writes that his father’s nature expressed itself mostly in caution, diligence, a kind of austerity.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • After more than a decade of diligence and care, Brodt has helped bring that feral cat population down from around 200 to less than 50.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Buyers even have the option to add storage in the chaise.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
  • Amazon is slashing prices on classic hammocks and Adirondack chairs, in addition to long chaises for sunbathing and rocking chairs.
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Until the last couple of episodes, everything appears to be ripping along like a brand-new two-horse phaeton on a bright spring day.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • An open touring car, a phaeton conveyed the essence of speed and performance, and was built for real sporting types.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2022

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“Troika.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troika. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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